HIV
noun/ˌeɪtʃ aɪ ˈviː/
/ˌeɪtʃ aɪ ˈviː/
[uncountable]- the virus that can cause AIDS (the abbreviation for ‘human immunodeficiency virus’)
- to have HIV
- somebody's HIV status (= whether or not they have the HIV virus)
- to be HIV-positive/HIV-negative (= to have had a medical test that shows that you do/do not have the virus)
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsc1- Blood is screened for HIV.
- If you are unsure of your HIV status, consider having a test.
- We need to end the stigma around having HIV.
- Worldwide, roughly 8 million people are thought to be infected with HIV but unaware of their status.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + HIV- acquire
- contract
- get
- …
- infection
- transmission
- prevention
- …
- HIV-negative
- HIV-positive
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